I don't particularly agree with Matthew Levering here. Coming from a Catholic perspective he buys much more into the platonic-Christian synthesis than I do. On the other hand I love the way he engages with Evangelical scholars like N.T. Wright, James Dunn, Richard Bauckham and Nancy Murphy and presents a thoughtful Thomist read on Jesus death and descent into Hell, his resurrection and glorification and his Ascension. Some thought provoking stuff here about the intermediary state, the nature of the soul and transcendence. Well worth a look.
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This brief book by a Catholic theologian examines three aspects of Jesus' experience (descent into hell, resurrection, sitting at the right hand of the Father) and how they have prepared the way for Jesus' followers to experience the blessings of the afterlife. The book covers a restricted number of eschatological subjects, and in each chapter the author brings Thomas Aquinas into conversation with more recent scholarly perspectives on those topics. ( )